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Lorenzo Corsini is elected pope and takes the name Clement XII. -
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was an Italian chemist and physicist, famous mainly for the discovery of methane and the invention and development of the electric battery.
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George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. He became heir to the throne on the death of his father in 1751, succeeding his grandfather, George II, in 1760. -
Following the end of the French and Indian Wars in 1763, the British imposed stricter trade regulations and taxes on the 13 American colonies to help cover the costs. After a few years of inconclusive battles, the French and Spanish joined the American side by 1779. Washington was named the first President in 1789, and the Revolution officially ended in 1791 with the signing of the new Constitution.
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La Scala is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theater was inaugurated on August 3, 1778 and was originally known as Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala. The first performance that premiered in the theater was the opera Europa riconosciuta by Antonio Salieri -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer, pianist, conductor, and professor of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, a master of Classicism, considered one of the most influential and prominent
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Jenner learned of Lady Mary's work, perfected the technique and went down in history as the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine. -
Independence of Mexico